F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Advanced Web Application Firewall 25 Mbps
The F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Advanced Web Application Firewall subscription provides 25 Mbps of advanced threat protection for your critical web applications.
- Access to: Advanced threat intelligence and bot mitigation to defend against sophisticated attacks.
- Coverage for: Application layer attacks, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and zero-day exploits.
- Protection against: Automated attacks and credential stuffing that can compromise user accounts and data.
- Entitlement to: Regular security updates and signature enhancements to maintain a strong security posture.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a subscription license for the F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWAF), offering 25 Mbps of capacity. It provides robust security features designed to protect web applications from a wide range of threats, ensuring availability, performance, and data integrity.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this virtual appliance to safeguard their business-critical web applications. It integrates into existing virtualized environments, offering enterprise-grade security without the need for dedicated hardware.
- Advanced Threat Protection: Defends against OWASP Top 10 threats, zero-day exploits, and botnets.
- Application Visibility and Control: Provides deep insight into application traffic and user behavior.
- Bot Mitigation: Identifies and blocks malicious bots, preventing scraping, credential stuffing, and DDoS attacks.
- API Security: Protects APIs from common vulnerabilities and ensures secure data exchange.
- Compliance Assistance: Helps meet regulatory requirements by securing sensitive data and application access.
This F5 BIG-IP VE AWAF subscription is ideal for businesses seeking powerful, virtualized web application security without the overhead of physical appliances.
What This Enables
Protecting Against Web Application Attacks
Enable teams to defend critical web applications against common and advanced threats like SQL injection and cross-site scripting. Streamline security policy management to reduce the risk of breaches and data loss.
virtualized environments, cloud-native applications, multi-tier application architectures
Mitigating Bot Traffic and Abuse
Automate the identification and blocking of malicious bot traffic, including scraping and credential stuffing attempts. Protect user accounts and sensitive data from automated abuse and ensure fair access to your services.
e-commerce platforms, online portals, customer-facing web services
Ensuring API Security and Integrity
Secure your APIs against common vulnerabilities and ensure the integrity of data exchanged between applications. Provide granular control over API access and traffic to prevent unauthorized access and data exfiltration.
microservices architectures, mobile application backends, third-party integrations
Key Features
Virtual Edition Deployment
Deploy advanced web application firewall capabilities within your existing virtual infrastructure, reducing hardware costs and simplifying management.
Advanced Threat Detection
Gain protection against a wide spectrum of web threats, including zero-day exploits, botnets, and application-layer attacks, safeguarding your business operations.
Bot Mitigation
Effectively identify and block malicious bots, preventing unauthorized access, data scraping, and denial-of-service attacks that can disrupt services.
API Security
Secure your APIs with specialized protection against common vulnerabilities, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of data exchanged.
Subscription Licensing
Benefit from flexible, ongoing access to the latest security features and updates with a predictable subscription model.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making advanced WAF protection essential.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses handle large volumes of customer data and online transactions, necessitating robust protection against e-commerce fraud and data breaches.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient health information (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, requiring strong security measures for all digital assets and applications.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies handle sensitive citizen data and critical infrastructure information, demanding advanced security to prevent cyberattacks and ensure service continuity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Advanced Web Application Firewall?
It is a software-based web application firewall that runs on a virtual machine. It provides advanced security features to protect web applications from various cyber threats.
What does the 25 Mbps capacity mean?
The 25 Mbps refers to the throughput capacity of the virtual appliance, indicating the maximum rate of data traffic it can process for security inspection.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the software and its updates for a defined term.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.